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Vts nair Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Would have been & could have been

At what situations or how we can use would have been and could have been? kindly let me know with relevant examples & its meaning.

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Generally, they are used in past conditional (Condition III) sentences, which refer to past events that did not take place: If I had become King, I would have knighted you. but I did not become King). If I had been a rich man's son, I could have bought myself a pony.

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  • If I had been a rich man's son, I could have bought myself a pony.
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Generally, they are used in past conditional (Condition III) sentences, which refer to past events that did not take place:

If I had become King, I would have knighted you. (...but I did not become King).

If I had been a rich man's son, I could have bought myself a pony. (...but I was not a rich man's son.)

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